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Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years.
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Many collectors and antique dealers identify antique porcelain by looking at various types of markings underneath the porcelain itself.
There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.
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Collectors must quickly identify a vintage marble recognize its manufacturer spot any flaws and have an in depth knowledge of the market.
Before glass marbles became common antique toy marbles were made from ceramics including clay stoneware and china or porcelain.
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Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
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Antique porcelain was made up until 1910.
Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece.
Clay marbles were first made in america in 1884 by the akron toy company.
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Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process.
Antique porcelain can be anything from cups saucers plates and decorative items both plain and hand painted to decorative wares.
From the late 1500s through the early 1700s salt glazed stoneware marbles were made first by the dutch and then later by the germans.
Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark.
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Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.
Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts.